B61L 5/18
Light signals
Official title: Light signals; Mechanisms associated therewith, e.g. blinders
B61L5/18 (Light signals) appears on 125 US grants and 124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61L- Granted patents
- 125
- Published applications
- 124
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 270
- Latest grant
- 29 Jul 2025
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| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 | 8 |
| 2016 | 5 | 8 |
| 2017 | 10 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 10 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for railroad smart flasher lamps29 Jul 2025US 12,376,212 B2BNSF Railway Company
- Systems and methods for visual inspection of signal lights at railroad crossings8 Jul 2025US 12,354,376 B2Siemens Mobility GmbH
- System for securing communication between central controller and signaling devices in traffic signaling networks11 Mar 2025US 12,246,765 B2Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- Method for ensuring signal light integrity and viewability14 Jan 2025US 12,195,066 B2Tektracking, LLC
- Light-out detection for wayside signals14 Jan 2025US 12,196,608 B2Siemens Mobility GmbH
- System and method for railroad smart flasher lamps20 Nov 2025US 2025/0358915 A1BNSF Railway Company
- Derail Warning Light System3 Jul 2025US 2025/0214634 A1Railserve, Inc.
- Autonomous sensing system for train15 May 2025US 2025/0153751 A1Casco Signal Ltd.
- System for securing communication between central controller and signaling devices in traffic signaling networks26 Dec 2024US 2024/0425094 A1Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- Light-out detection for wayside signals28 Nov 2024US 2024/0393168 A1Siemens Mobility GmbH
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- Signal light unit having heat dissipating function456US 4,729,076 A1988
- Thermally protected LED array337US 5,785,418 A1998
- Circuit for interfacing between a conventional traffic signal conflict monitor and light emitting diodes replacing a conventional incandescent bulb in the signal204US 6,150,771 APrecision Solar Controls Inc. · 2000
- Light degradation sensing LED signal with light pipe collector113US 6,717,526 B2GELcore, LLC · 2004